Cigar-maker&#39;s knife.



No. 722,282. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

0. L. BUEHLER. l

CIGAR MAKERS KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20,}902.

H0 MODEL.

WITNESSES. IJV'VEJV'TOR.

lrrnr OSCAR L. BUEHLER, O

ClGAR-MAK SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ERS KNIFE.

Patent No. 722,282, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1902. Serial No. 99,051. (No model.)

i-l'o all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. BUEHLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of lrVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Makers Knives, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-makers knives for use in cutting cigarwrappers; and its object is to so combine in one tool a blade and a rotary cutter that the presence of one will in no way affect the utility of the other and that they may be alternately used without perceptible loss of time.

It is also an object of the invention to provide for the rotary cutter a finger-guard, which also serves as a support for the cutter, and to so form the blade and guard that they may be made from a sheet-metal stamping, thus making an inexpensive construction. To this end the rotary cutter is journaled in a support which is integral with the back of the blade, said support and blade being formed from a sheet-metal stamping of such configuration that when formed up the support forms a finger-guard for the cutter, and the cutter is supported in such relation to the blade that one does not interfere with the other; and the invention further consists in providing the device with certain other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the blank.

In practice it has been found that a rotary cutter is more desirable for cutting cigarwrappers from the leaves than a blade, but that to shape or trim the wrapper a blade is necessary. Therefore in this device the two havebeen combined by forming integrally with the back of the blade A a support B for the rotary cutter C, said blade being provided with a handle D. The blade A, together with its shank and the support B, is formed from a sheet-metal stamping, (shown in Fig. 3,) which consists of the blade portion a, to which is connected bya narrow neck the portion b, which forms one ear of the support for the cutter 0, and extending from the portion 1) is a portion 1), which forms the other ear of the support,both portions being perforated at b to receive the rivet C, and a portion 0, extending from the end of the blade portion a, forms the shank of the blade, to which the handle D is attached by rivets passing through the openings c therein.

The blade A is provided with a cutting edge which is slightly curved throughout its length and terminates in a point A, which projects forward of the rotary cutter, and the support B is formed by folding the portion 1) back upon the portion 1), thus forming parallel ears, between which the disk or cutter O is secured by the rivet 0', upon which it turns. The neck portion, which joins the portion a with the portion 1), is bent laterally, so that the disk will lie in the same plane as the blade and the tool will be more evenly balanced. The point A of the blade projects beyond the disk, and the disk is some distance from the point, so that in trimming the wrapper, which is held by the first and second fingers, which are spread apart, the tool may be used without danger of cutting the fingers with the disk, and the supporting-ears cover the side of the disk toward the handle, so that the forefinger will not come in contact with the disk, and it also forms a projection or rest against which the finger is pressed, thus giving a greater purchase without the necessity of grasping the knife-handle very tightly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is v 1. In a device of the character described, a cutting-blade, a handle secured thereto, an integral extension carried by the upper edge of said cutting-blade, a part of said extension bent out of the plane of the blade and lying opposite the remaining portion of the exteusion, and a rotary cutter journaled in the doubled extension in a plane with the blade, I said ear and said extension, substantially as substantially as described. described. .0

2. In a device of the character described, I In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2. cutting-blade, a handle secured thereto, an in presence of two witnesses. 5 integral extension carried by the upper edge i OSCAR .Ti. BUEHLER.

of said cutting-blade, an integral ear carried Vitnesses:

by and bent to lie parallel with said exten- OTTO F. BARTHEL, sion, and a rotary cutter journaled between L. E. FLANDERS. 

